Some notes . . .

Meant to post this last night before leaving my desk . . .

The WHL is expected to announce some disciplinary measures Tuesday pertaining to a couple of weekend incidents.
Richard Doerksen, the WHL’s vice-president hockey, handles the discipline and he told Cory Wolfe of the Saskatoon StarPhoenix that he is looking into an alleged racial slur and also the penalty-filled game between the Lethbridge Hurricanes and the Tigers in Medicine Hat.
D James Martin of the Kootenay Ice is alleged to have made a racial slur during a Saturday game against the Blades in Saskatoon. Martin received a game misconduct at the time and didn’t play Sunday when the Ice met the Raiders in Prince Albert.
“I asked them to sit him out while I investigated the comment,” Doerksen told Wolfe.
The game in Medicine Hat included 238 penalty minutes and a third-period line brawl. The teams also had a line brawl on Jan. 21 in Lethbridge.
Unfortunately for hockey fans, the teams aren’t scheduled to meet again in this regular season.
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JUST NOTES: Medicine Hat F Tyler Ennis is the Boston Pizza WHL player of the week. He had eight points, including five goals, as the Tigers went 2-1-0-0. . . . Kelowna Rockets G Adam Brown is the WHL nominee as the ADT CHL goaltender of the week. He was 2-0-0-0 with a .460 GAA and a .982 save percentage. . . . The Everett Silvertips have signed F D. Jay McGrath, the 66th selection in the WHL’s 2007 bantam draft. He is from Kindersley, Sask. . . . In Tuesday’s game of the night, the Spokane Chiefs, the defending WHL and Memorial Cup champs, visit the Giants in Vancouver. The Giants, of course, won the 2008 Memorial Cup. That game begins at 7 p.m., and is available on FSN Northwest (Comcast channel 32) if you’re in the right place. . . . The Giants again will be without F Lance Bouma (hand) and D Jon Blum (shoulder), while F Mike Piluso (upper body) is questionable. . . . The Brandon Wheat Kings have six players with at least 20 goals, the third straight season in which they have done that. . . . The Regina Pats will add D Myles Bell, the 17th pick in the 2008 bantam draft, to their roster later this week. His midget AAA team, the Calgary Northwest Flames, has had its season come to an end.
How about Portland Winter Hawks F Chris Francis as the player of the month for February? Despite the Winter Hawks’ struggles, he is riding an 11-game point streak. . . . Portland is expected to add F Ty Rattie to its roster this week now that his midget AAA team, the UFA Bisons, has been eliminated from the Alberta playoffs. Rattie, the second overall pick in the 2008 bantam draft, had 54 points in 34 games in the regular season.
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If the playoffs started today:
Eastern Conference
Calgary (1) vs. Prince Albert (8)
Saskatoon (2) vs. Lethbridge (7)
Brandon (3) vs. Kootenay (6)
Medicine Hat (4) vs. Swift Current (5)
Tuesday: Regina at Swift Current.
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Western Conference
Vancouver (1) vs. Prince George (8)
Tri-City (2) vs. Everett (7)
Spokane (3) vs. Kamloops (6)
Kelowna (4) vs.Seattle (5)
Tuesday: Chilliwack at Portland; Spokane at Vancouver.